I love to re-purpose, especially if that re-purposing involves spray paint so when we replaced the mirror above our mantel with artwork and the mirror was homeless (poor mirror :() I busted out my spray paint and got busy. The last we saw of the mirror, it was gold and shiny above the mantle:
But then it got the boot and was replaced with a canvas print that just looked a lot better in the space.
I loved the shape of the mirror but not so much the color so I grabbed some paint from Home Depot and got to sprayin’ that bad boy:
First I covered the mirror with scrap paper that I just shoved between the mirror and the frame.
It actually worked out really well when I sprayed because hardly any paint landed on the mirror and what little bit did, I just scraped off with a razor blade.
Then I spray painted about 10 light coats of Rustoleum Satin Paint in Summer Squash and viola, the finished product:
It makes me happy to see that mirror right when I walk into our house :). You can see where our front door is from the reflection in the mirror, it really is right when you walk in. Here’s another pic:
The wall color is Edgecomb Gray by Benjamin Moore (a shade lighter than Revere Pewter) and love how the yellow and gray look together. I scored the basket on clearance from Target. I love Target…
The little table is from Ballard Designs and was free because I bought one for the office that was a little off kilter when I put it together (the screw holes wouldn’t line up correctly), so Ballard, being the great company they are, sent me another one for free and told me I could keep the original one since it was almost all put together. I fixed the original one by breaking out the drill and making the holes bigger then superglueing the screws in the holes- something I didn’t want to do if Ballard wanted me to return the original!
With the addition of the funky gold and coral chair and now the mirror, the foyer is coming along nicely! Next on the list is replacing our too-low hanging chandelier that always hits people in the head when they walk into our house… Welcome to our home! Sorry about the concussion! More on that later.
